Learning and Development Specialist (Corp- Recruiting)

About HAECO Americas

Headquartered in Greensboro, NC, with facilities in Lake City, FL, HAECO Americas is a global, world-class aviation company providing services ranging from aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul to the manufacturing of aircraft interior products. HAECO Americas is one of the leading aviation corporations in the world. We pride ourselves on safe, high-quality aviation products and services for our customers, as well as security and growth for our most valuable asset -- our people.

Why HAECO Americas

A career with HAECO Americas is your chance to connect with a world leader in aircraft maintenance and interiors. Your career at HAECO will expose you to the best practices of aircraft maintenance on Boeing and Airbus wide-body and narrow-body jets for major airlines and operators. As a HAECO team member, you will learn from the industry’s best, pick up new skills, and continue your professional development. We offer a flexible, high-energy work environment with opportunities to innovate, learn and grow - doing work that matters. The sky is the limit on how far your potential could take you at HAECO Americas.

HAECO Americas offers an array of benefits designed with the health and welfare of our employees in mind.

• Comprehensive Benefit Plans
• Health Savings Account
• Career Progression Program
• Paid Premiums for Certifications/Shifts
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Relocation Assistance (if applicable)
• 401k Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Certification Assistance and Tuition Reimbursements
• Collaborative and Safe Work Environment

Why the HAECO Americas HR team

It is an exciting time to be part of the HAECO Americas HR team. We are transforming into a strategic HR function with Centers of Excellence around each HR responsibility. We believe that our people will determine our future success and this evolution will enable us to a “best in class” function helping our employees to get the most of their careers with HAECO.

We are embarking on a change journey to implement a Strategic HR model at HAECO Americas and are searching for a few key positions at the leadership, manager, and specialist levels. If these opportunities intrigue you, reach out and tell us about yourself. A core attribute of our team is that we are a highly collaborative and supportive of one another. If you are looking to join a great team, and participate in a low ego, great place to work, we look forward to your application.

Position Overview

The Learning and Development Specialist will report to the Director of Talent within the Talent Center of Excellence and work onsite in our Greensboro, NC headquarters. You will own assessing the needs, defining, and delivering initiatives to address the Learning and Development requirements of the Americas organization. In this role you will both deliver learning content, as well as source/apply resources to enable the development and success for our workforce.

Our workforce is primarily Operations-oriented, including hourly aviation maintenance workers and the supervisory structures. We will look to you, as a seasoned L&D professional, to define and build non-technical competencies across our employee population, thereby supporting the retention and development of our workforce.

As leader within the Talent COE, you are a/an: 

• Innovative, pragmatic thinker, ensuring programs and initiatives support the business workforce current and future needs.
• Collaborative partner to both local constituencies in the other COEs and HRBP teams, as well as with corporate-level colleagues in the COE at the HAECO group level, to drive the implementation and alignment of the new strategic HR model.
• Results-oriented and metrics-driven to ensure the development initiatives are successful.
• Partner with others to help drive change to implement the strategic HR Model.
• Change Agent who will leverage the best of what has gotten us here, while building our workforce, as we implement a new operating model and move forward.

Learning and Development:

• Design and implement needs assessments for employees to ensure professional skills are in place, in addition to technical competence.
• Partner with internal and/or external vendors as needed to provide specialized curriculum and oversee the programs as they are delivered.
• Consult with stakeholders to determine training needs and schedule training sessions.
• Define learning paths in support of career/professional development for employees and their managers.
• Provide instructional design for learning activities, audio-visual materials, instructor guides and lesson plans.
• Create and facilitate training programs (in-person, virtual, workshops and individual sessions) for management and employees.
• Identify and incorporate L&D best practices into curriculum plans and programs.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and the onboarding teams to best support their initiatives, ensuring effective techniques and content for employees.
• Measure and report on the impact of training on employees.
• Coordinate and create assessment tools and provide debriefing of results with stakeholders.
• Administer the Learning Management System (LMS) for all training and employees.
• Conduct evaluations to identify areas of improvement.

Core Competencies: 

• - Strong planning, organizing, and Problem-solving capabilities. This role requires a high level of organization to schedule and prepare training sessions across departments.Organizational Skills
• Leverage internal/external relationships and resources to get better outcomes; actively remove barriers.Collaboration -
• - Passion for developing employees, consistently raise expectations to support growth.Talent Development
• - Ability to analyze and assess data and determine the impact of their training programs and use this data to make informed changes.Data analysis skills
• - Proactively identify potential roadblocks affecting the training programs and plan for alternatives to avoid disruption to the plan.Critical thinking skills
• – Effectively communicate both in verbal and written form with employees and staff at all levels.Communication skills
• - Use relevant technologies and software applications.Technically Savvy

What you need: (Requirements)

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant discipline (e.g.: Adult Learning, Educational Psychology, Curriculum Development, Organizational Development, Human Performance, or another relevant field.)
• 5 years of progressive experience working in Learning and Development, Adult Education, Training, Organizational Development, or an equivalent discipline.
• Experience with an employee population of both exempt and non-exempt